Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-31
Is 1T AN ANARCHIST PLOT,
Suspicious Stranger Making Plans
Of the Chicago JAIL

Chicago Special to the n Y. World, October %.
| The police think they discovered q plot among
| anarchist sympathizers to-day to blow up the
county jail Wednesday morning strange man
came to the jail and his movements were 50 suspi-
cious that Tailor FolZ sent out Deputy Sheriff
| Webb, who has charge OF the men on the outside
and who is an old Central station detective This
man had not been to the jail before but he walked
Into the cage and talked Familiarity with Fischer,
up the Interior Of y" the jail and before lie LETT
walked into the jail ONCE and seemed to examine
with more than curious interest the passages leae
Webb followed him. Between Illinois and Ind ana
streets he crossed North Clark street,
iuI. wary outlook until he reached the
bridge. Webb followed him all the time.
Al the bridge the man paused irresolutely and
Ter was coming up the river, and the bri lge began
| 10 turn slowly. The man appeared 10 be In re-
| Elective mood and watched the bridge tenders at
| their work Just as the north end Of the bridge
swung clear OF the abutment the man suddenly
woke up, made dash for 1t, and leaped upon the
moving bridge. Webb saw the trick TOO late and
some yards OF empty space interviewed between
| them by the time he checked himself with an
a. the END Of the tine
crowd OF people waiting 70 cross at the south end
or the bridge and the bafied deputy, after fruit
less search along Clark and south Water streets,
returned.
Thursday evening, about O'Clock, this same
man was seen lettering In The alley north OF the
tced his queer actions and nOfifed two detectives
They ran around to the other side OF the building
and saw the suspect md paper to a boy. The
man disappeared into an alley and the boy tried to
hide himself In the crowd on Clark street. A de-
tective caught the boy. He found IN his pocket
the jail BY accident part OF this dc scrpion fell
into the hands OF a reporter. 1t reads: SThe north
end OF the Jail contains fourteen windows, twelve
paneS each. They are IL feet from the ground and
barred with round iron bars" The boy was taken
TO the Chicago avenue police station, where he is
hold 1'na poIt sav a U FOR
the man who gave him the paper.
A mass meeting OF Knights OF Labor was held at
Union square, New York, Saturday night to de-
nounce the proposed execution OF the Chicago
anarchists as an outrage on justice.
PETITION FROM FRENCH PARLIAMENTARIANs.
The American anarchists having asked a num-
Der OF the members OF the French chamber of
deputies to petition the government OF Illinois in
favor OF the Chicago anarchists, the extreme left
met Saturday and resolved to send the following
TO the governor: 'In the name OF humanity and in
the name OF the connection between great republics
the Paris deputie-, advocating the abolition OF
political deaths, ask for the lives OF the seven
men condemned TO death at Chicago"
THE WORST ENEMIES OF SOCIETY.
Prof Felix Adler addressed the Society Of Ethical
Culture In New York yesterday, on the case Of the
condemned anarchists He said that he had been
asked TO address mass meeting arranged In be-
half of tie condemned but felt constrained to re-
fuse. He looked upon those men as criminals.
"Every f1ber OF my moral nature Is outraged by
the methods by which they sought to obtain their
ends" said the professor 'The anarchists are the
worst enemies OF soc ety. and should be suppress d
Yet rise to enter plea 10 their behalf, because
am in favor OF absolute purity In judicial process
and impartiality in the face OF public excitement.
i speak for them as would for my worst enemy II
injustice were about to be done to him. II these
men are hung they Will be looked upon as heroes,
which they are not Society has The right to and
should quarantine these men just the same as the
bearers OF cholera germs"
FIELDEN's SENTENCE MAY BE COMMITTED
telegram from Chicago, october 30, says: In
formation Of the most reliable character has been
received that Samuel Fieden, one of the condemned
anarchists Is likely to have his sentence OF death
commuted to Imprisonment by Gov. Oglesby.
There has been all along strong feeling that
F1elden, while manifeStly anarchlSIic in his plat
form teachings, was not a cOnspirator knowingly
TO the murder OF any one, and number OIL his
friends who are prominent in business circles have
presented petition TO Gov. Ogle3by asking for
executive clemency.
sCHNAUBELT SAID TO HAVE MADE CONFESSION.
rumor Is current In Chicago that Rudolph
Schnaubelt the Haymarket bomb-thrower, had
sent his mother from Germany to Chicago to re-
veal the entire bomb throwing conspiracy, with
demned anarchists Mrs. SchnauOelt reached Chi
cagO Saturday and was admitted to tn Jail to see
her sOn-in-law, Michael Scuwab with whom she
had conference OF an hour, after which she re-
tired to the home OF her daughter, Mrs. Schwab.
The latter In reply to an inquiry stated that her
mother had brought something OF Importance to
Schwab, but would not state whattt was The rumor
Sehnaubelt which Will show that Schwab, Fielder,
Parsons and Fischer knew nothing OF the plot TO
throw bombs, and that but five men in Chicago
knew Of it, and those five were Spies, Engel Lingg,
Fegler and Schnaubet. 1t is stated tnat 1t is Mrs.
Scnnaubelrs intention to present her sons affi-
davits TO Gov. Oglesby early this week.